Welcome to Chestnut Class

This term (Summer 2026), our enquiry project will be:

'What was life like in Victorian times?'

Our Summer term project is ‘What was life like in Victorian times?’ which will have a focus on major changes that occurred during the Victorian era and their impact on people’s lives. This term, we will be finding out about key Victorian inventions such as the flushing toilet, the Industrial Revolution and also the development of the railway. Linked to the invention of the lightbulb and electric street lighting, we also have a focus on electricity, both in science as well as DT.

P.E. Days

Thursdays - Mr McCarthy (P.E. Coach)

Fridays - teacher led

Below you will find our project planner with further details about this term's learning. 

project planner chestnut t5 2026.pdf

Chestnut spellings:  

chestnut term 6 2026 rwi spellings pupil copy.pdf

Class reader

We will be continuing with 'Phoenix' by S.F. Said as our class reader this term. This wonderful, complex story includes themes of not judging others on appearance, friendship, bereavement and the journey to discover who we are.

Art

We used layering and collage techniques to create our space art in the style of Dutch artist, Teis Albers.

Chestnut Space Art

year 5 residential parent meeting 2026.pdf

Mrs Galea - Teacher      Mrs Francis (M-Th) - TA for Sycamore and Chestnut

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